Battery-box.



A. ELY BRANDON; BATTERY BOX. AP'LIoATIoN Hman 1111.111910.

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NM Specification of Letters Patent.. Patmlted Fegb, 14,1911; Application led January 12, 1910. Serial No. 537,728. l

tact-pieces.

l ie arrangement is suchL l the lid is closed one of the spring fingers 7`8 vvill contact' with the binding-screw of terminal of one cell While the nger will contact With th terminal of the adjoining cell. i ends of the lids, one 'of the sin 'ful I figures of reference marked orm a part of this specification.

y invention relates to a cells of a battery such as is commonly used in automobile practice, and is designed to furnisli'a cheap, simple and eiicient means for connecting the vcells ngcrs and nals of the respective cells. instance, the series of into two compartments, of one compartment is or metal strip 1l With the r in tl compartment. rangement, all the like cell-terminals are turned in the same direction. To facilitate the placing of the cells with t eir p terminals in proper position, one end of the box is marked Carbon, e other end Zinc.

further object of my invention to so arrange. the 'spring contact-pieces, hereinafter referred to, that und t e respective I attain these objects by means of the devices, construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, Vand s own and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which,- Y

Figure l ere is secured to the underside of the 12, and

place, and Fig. the same taken on l iig. 1.,' and -With the lid closed.

, i e numerals of reference indicate like 4partsin bothligures. elf- -view of her end of these strips' free and projecting far'enough to Contact with their appropriate polegpieces Wren the lid is closed.

he present -V instance into two compartments by the cenbox is of such l is connected with a bin ng-post 14, and the ast smgle finger-piece 1n the series 1s conof 'cells to constitute the The cells are placed in their compartments in such fashion that the l spring lingers, upwardlyprojecting zinc terminals 4 and series and that the downward carbon terminals 5 alternate and Aare in spring finger-pieces will, in connection with alinement. Y the sides of thebox, hold the cells against Upon the underside of the hinged lid 6 is rattling. secured a series of sheet metal spring con- Having described my invention, what Ihe Erst sing-le finger-piece in theseriespressure ofthe chum und desue to secure by Lettersy Putmg of a pau* of mtegrad fmgers, sind several ontA is, spring finger-peces bemg adapted und, arln a devlce of the deserlbed character, a ranged to press upon and engage the oppobox nuvmg a compartment adapted for the slte termmals of battery-cells m sems.

5 Tec-,option of a series of battery-ca lls side by In testimony whereoi afX my slgnatuye side. e lid 'for the box, .and ay sones ofc sheet in lpresence of two witnesses.

metal Sprmg-ngers secured in alnement to ARTHUR lH. BRANDO. .the innerside of the lid, the end-pieces o W'tnesses; said series consisting of single fingers, and CLAYTON MURPHY,

1o the intermediate pieces of said series oonsst- LEONA KIBURTZ. 

